Anyone know what’s going on with Half Changed World and Democracy Arsenal? Two of my favorite blogs which haven’t had new posts in nearly two weeks…. (UPDATE: I have no idea why my browser wasn’t refreshing – there are plenty of new posts at both DA and HCW. Oy.).
Anyhow, if you haven’t been reading these blogs, go over and check out their archives – it’ll be worth your while. Half Changed World deals with social policy and social science, from a feminist mom perspective, and Democracy Arsenal covers foreign policy from a progressive perspective (Susanne Nossel’s posts are especially good).
And A Couple of New Blogs
Another good blog – one that’s new to me – is Capitalism Bad; Tree Pretty by occasional “Alas” contributor Reddecca. She has a recent post about abortion and Down syndrome, galvanized by the recent discussion, which “Alas” readers may want to check out. There’s also a lot of interesting posts about the lives of the woman profiled each day in the “feminist of the day” segment, and a refreshing lack of partisan loyalty – Reddecca doesn’t hesitate to criticize sexism on the left.
And, finally, Salon‘s new blog focused on women and women’s issues, Broadsheet, seems pretty good to me – the stories they’re covering are worth reading about, and it’s better-written than most blogs, although I’d prefer it to be a tad less slick/professional and a tad more of an individual voice. Still, so far it looks like a good moderate-liberal blog with a real concern for women; why so many of Salon‘s readers consider that a horrible thing is a mystery.
I’m rather annoyed by the idea of a blog that’s in a pay section of a web site. Yes, I know you can get Salon for free if you watch an add a day, but still, blogging as a commercial activity is sort of contrary to the unwritten spirit of the thing. If you can get money from static ads, more power too you, but if you run it on a for-profit model, I think that takes away some of the open source journalism spirit. It also makes you beholden to whoever is paying for the thing.